LETTER: Blackburn can't invent her own budget facts

I take issue to Marsha Blackburn's article "Obama budget inaction is irresponsible, risky" as it appeared March 15 in The Tennessean.

There is an adage which reads: One can have their own opinions, but not their own facts. Her article contained many opinions, but not necessarily facts. One of the most disturbing was, "We also protect our national security." Really? Is that why our embassies around the world had their budgets cut against the recommendations of Secretary of State Hillary Clinton? These budget cuts resulted in the murder of our ambassador and three other people in Libya. At a hearing, unsuccessful attempts were made to grill, bully and blame Mr. Clinton for these murders.

As a course for economic growth, follow the president's lead by: 1) raising taxes on the wealthy, investing in education and research and rebuilding infrastructures. 2) Decrease military services and unnecessary expenditures of which there are many. 3) Stop getting us into foreign wars which cost precious lives, physically and mentally mangle thousands and cost an exorbitant amount of money. The United States cannot continue to be the "policeman" for the rest of the world. It is time to make some investments in our own county.

If the Republican Party is to be a viable party in Congress, changes need to be made in their attitudes. If not, it will pass into oblivion as did the Whigs, the Federalists and the Dixiecrats.

Anne Hawkins

Cloister Drive

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LETTER: Blackburn can't invent her own budget facts

I take issue to Marsha Blackburn's article 'Obama budget inaction is irresponsible, risky' as it appeared March 15 in The Tennessean.